designate

verb

To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

To call by a distinctive title; to name.

To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

adjective

Designated; appointed; chosen.

(UK) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.

Roots

signumsign- · Latin · mark, sign

Synonyms for designate

denominatev assignv specifyv appointv nominatev deputev indicatev delegaten selectv definev allocatev electv identifyv

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